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Name: RODWAY, William George 'Billy'
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1910 Durban
Death Date: 1991 Weymouth
First Date: 1937
Profession: Company director
Married: 1934 Joan Margaret Gilbert b. 27 Oct 1911 Barnes, d. 2003 Dorchester, Dorset (dau of Leonard Gilbert)
Children: Suzanne (1944); Jonathan
Book Reference: Last Chance, Sitrep 2, Karen 50, EA & Rhodesia
War Service: East Africa & Middle East 1940-44
School: Ludlow School
General Information:
Karen 50 - Founder Member and Debenture Holder of Karen Club in 1937
East Africa & Rhodesia - 5/1/56 - CBE - for anti-locust work in East Africa. Educated Ludlow school. Served in East Africa and Middle East 1940-44. Chairman J.G. Aronson Ltd. And The Grosvenor Ltd., director Boyds Printers Ltd., Limuru Engineers Ltd., Past President South African Society of East Africa; honorary secretary, Central Angling Advisory Board of Kenya.
President of the Kenya Fly Fishers' Club in 1948 (Last Chance) - one of the most amiable, expert fishermen who ever waded a stream.
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 97).